I've gotten along with 2 fingers on my right hand since 1969 when I lost the index, middle and ring finger due to an accident with an anti-tank rocket...
Also see: for information on solid earth tides.
Jim Frame, post: 440595, member: 10 wrote: Looks more like an 8-foot stand to me. I agree with Jim on its height. Maybe a stand for a light used in n...
I agree with your Data Collector.
Jim Frame, post: 438554, member: 10 wrote: My GeoMax Zoom80 is indistinguishable from a Leica TCRP1202 save for it's color. Part numbers are differen...
I could check it for you. I'm a retired surveyor and survey instructor. tom@tomarneson.com
Dave Tlusty, post: 433253, member: 311 wrote: I used a Geotec like that in the late '70's, early '80's. From what I remember, it was good, held adjus...
JOHN NOLTON, post: 420014, member: 225 wrote: Very Nice; BUT1. there is always the problem of just how many digits to carry with a solution like yours...
Here's the link to the published problem: Link to Dave Lindell's solution:
It would not be Land Surveying in Minnesota: Chapter 326.02 MINNESOTA STATE STATUTESSubd. 4.Practice of land surveying. Land surveying means the appli...
I had a mess of HP calculators starting with the HP-35 back in 1972. I paid $395 for that while making around $4/hr. Some ot the others were: HP-45, H...
There is a Lois Lane in Edina MN. I was told that it was named after the surveying company owner's wife, Lois. I worked for that company 1970-1974. Th...
The three words for an adjacent cell are completely different. Depending on where I click on my home I get different and unrelated results. Without th...
I'm retired now, so I haven't used TEQC for several years, but when I did I put the command in a batch file, so it was easy to just edit the batch fil...
When I was working in Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra, just over a degree north of the equator, a road that I often drove was resurfaced with an a...
If time zones were equally spaced, 48 hours would be correct. See: Which shows time zones ranging from UT-12 hours to UT+14 hours. The zone at -12 hou...
Challenge question:How long, thinking globally, did New Years Day last?
Julian dates: Unix-LinuxI like to use ISO standard dates such as 2014-12-13 for tomorrow's date.It is a standard, and they sort properly.
I was the instructor for the Saint Paul College Land Survey Technician program. The college administration made the decision to close the program. The...
